Feature Support; Ipmi 2.0 Features; Non-Ipmi Features - Intel E42249-003 Product Specification

Platform Management
4.1

Feature Support

4.1.1

IPMI 2.0 Features

 Baseboard management controller (BMC).
 IPMI Watchdog timer.

Messaging support, including command bridging and user/session support.
 Chassis device functionality, including power/reset control and BIOS boot flags support.
 Event receiver device: The BMC receives and processes events from other platform
subsystems.
 Field replaceable unit (FRU) inventory device functionality: The BMC supports access to
system FRU devices using IPMI FRU commands.

System event log (SEL) device functionality: The BMC supports and provides access to
a SEL.
 Sensor device record (SDR) repository device functionality: The BMC supports storage
and access of system SDRs.
 Sensor device and sensor scanning/monitoring: The BMC provides IPMI management of
sensors. It polls sensors to monitor and report system health.
 IPMI interfaces.

Host interfaces include system management software (SMS) with receive message
queue support, and server management mode (SMM).
 Terminal mode serial interface.

IPMB interface.
 LAN interface that supports the IPMI-over-LAN protocol (RMCP, RMCP+).
 Serial-over-LAN (SOL).

ACPI state synchronization: The BMC tracks ACPI state changes that are provided by
the BIOS.
 BMC self test: The BMC performs initialization and run-time self-tests, and makes results
available to external entities.
4.1.2

Non-IPMI Features

The BMC supports the following non-IPMI features. This list does not preclude support for future
enhancements or additions.

In-circuit BMC firmware update.
 Fault resilient booting (FRB): FRB2 is supported by the watchdog timer functionality
 Chassis intrusion detection and chassis intrusion cable presence detection.

Basic fan control using T-Control version 2 SDRs.
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